The Meeker herald., 1887-07-30
Our s.A.f'.st!nast~r,

Most every EcSlien, oI the White
Of es-p0s;masi.r iiaErn. When the
judge left here some iimc ago-h-ailns
fn. loi Duchcns.. Utah. II was the H.,
lie. Of large number VI I-Up.r here
tia, lie would not appear In DeHY.f to
stand trial on the charges rcndins
against him. 4, Ia interesting To- note
the outside comment on iiazru's case.
The Denver Republican has tie follow
In. TO IN, OH the subject:
The ease o! George 5. iigsru. who.
as now proves. has jumpcd his bond. is
attracting mur, attention Ill oy.r Colo
RADIO. When the pna,1lile- a; Mc.k-r
MAS ls; established George ;. iias-n
w:.s put In charge. his appointment,
having been made u; the rrqucs, II the
late General liax-n. Chief OF the Signal
Scrvicr. who WAS his brother. From
the very hist llas-n did not suit the
psopas - pssssasaa~r. They A..i s.4s .-..s
lidcncc In him. ani as facts have aimee
been made public they We're perfectly
correct In their estimation Of tile man.
1, was so,n. lin. III June. ls>si. that
Pos;oliicc Inspector George u. Water
bury dropped in ut Mcrkcr on his rrgu-
lar round. Somebody knew tho bust
hess he was engaged In. and the fact
soon spread over The town. The ..iy
I nrsi Iay hn was impoTiuncd by many II
the very best citizens. irrespective u;
politics. TO make change nj the post
oiiic, u, that place. II, asked for some
good caUsr aud almos; multitude OF
people submitted their grievances, On.
man had forwarded n registered letter
TO Chicago. or. ri least lie had thought
he hal forwarded 1t. As 1t never
reached It's destination he boily accused
the postmaster OF having appropriated
the funds II contained and compelled d
him to turn that amount over 10 him 10
forward by express. The bankers at
Mc.kcr had for months forwarded all
their mail by express and some other
people had followed their example.
After receiving this startling informa.
ton the inspector n, once began his
work. lie found the books in wre,chcl
condition. and discovered iha, s2g5.d
worth Of stamps were missing. Later
on lie learned that these had bceu
hyppthcca,cd for less than half their
face value. but the people who held
them refused TO turn them over.
/ On account VI this shortage Inspector
Waterbury, on the 10Th day OF June.
1886. arrested IIazen and took him he.
fore the United States Commissioner q,
Aspen. where he waived examination
and WAS placed under bonds in the sun,
of S2,UO. by base deception he sue
cecdcd In securing the signature OF eN.
Senator II. A W. Tabor To his boEd and
was at once a free man for the time.
When the Grand jury met, however
he WIS indicted on three charges. viz
shortage in postal account. hypo,heca.
ting s2JI.50 worth OF stamps and false
cancellation.
He case was 10 come mp for trial lie.
fore the United States Court now In
session In this city. hut when the ease
was called the defendant failed to pu,
In an appearance.
The last heard Of lIazen he was a,
Fort Duchosnc. Utah. and that he then
said he intended 10 20 to Alaska with
all possible speed, but whether he KEEP,
his word is something nobod, knows.
The manner In which IIazcn kept up
the receipts Of his Office was rather
unique. They now average about IS n
day, but while he was in charge they
were $40 more than this. The Inspector
found that this was done by buying
stock with stamps, buying clothes with
stamps. aud paying board with stamps.
Hazen came from a family which has
been noted in America for many years.
but from early boy'cod lie has been the
black sheep of the flock. Time after